August 2014: NSAWW is proud to announce the newest addition to our Strategic Client Advisors Board, Ms. Diane Wax. Ms. Wax has held leadership positions involving strategic planning, project management, organizational assessment and development, Congressional relations, and public policy in the health field, including a number of senior positions at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID).
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August 2014: NSAWW is proud to announce that Mark Fallon has joined our Strategic Client Advisors Board. Mr. Fallon has had an impressive career in the national security, counterterrorism, and counterintelligence arenas, having served as a national security consultant, DHS Senior Executive Service member, and NCIS special agent, and his experience and deep knowledge of the field will be invaluable to our team.
July 2014: Read the full article "Tactical Maneuvers with Courtney Banks Spaeth" -- NSAWW CEO, Courtney Banks Spaeth was recently featured in a Women of Influence article profiling her career "Tactical Maneuvers” and ability to move through the ranks to the senior executive levels navigating political landmines in the slow-to-change world of national security. The article highlights her background and inspirations that motivated her to pursue a career in the national security realm. In the interview, Mrs. Spaeth touches on the challenges of being a woman in the defense industry and offered advice on how to succeed in non-traditional careers.
July 2014: Dr. Jill Wittels, an acclaimed and respected engineer, scientist, and business executive, has joined NSAWW’s Strategic Client Advisor Board, and we are pleased to welcome her to our team of experienced advisors. Dr. Wittels has had a distinguished career in profit and loss management, strategy, engineering management, and leadership, and her expertise in developing innovative technologies and advising technology companies in a variety of markets makes her a valuable addition to the Board.
NSAWW is excited to announce that Keith Seaman, Rick Morrison, and Nelson Balido have joined our Client Advisor Board!
July 2014: NSAWW is pleased to welcome three new members to our Client Advisor Board: Keith Seaman, Rick Morrison, and Nelson Balido. They each have unparalleled expertise in their fields, and NSAWW is excited to add such valuable assets to our team and to our clients.
July 2014: NSAWW is pleased to welcome HPT Advisory Services LLC as its newest client. HPT is a fast-growing, woman-owned small business focused on providing tailored management consulting services to Federal agencies. The company currently supports the Department of Defense, and HPT President and Founder Marisa Daley has spent over ten years directly supporting numerous Federal agencies, including the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, and the Department of the Interior. HPT is a management and consulting company whose key capabilities include: strategic planning, information technology, process improvement and reengineering, project and program management, human capital, finance effectiveness, and organizational assessment and design.
May 2014: NSAWW is excited to announce that CEO Courtney Spaeth will be a panelist in an upcoming Womble Carlyle sponsored event: “Navigating the Waters of Doing Business in South America.” This breakfast panel, aimed at business owners interested in expanding into South America, will focus on developing an understanding of business cultures in South America and how those cultures affect business practices and strategies in the region. Mrs. Spaeth will participate in a panel titled “Exploring the Landscape,” which will be moderated by Peter Russo, Jr., First Vice President of Morgan Stanley Wealth Management, and which will also feature Parag Sheth, Director at High Street Partners, and Carlos Rivera, CEO of Vysnova, as panelists. The event will kick off with networking and a brief introduction before Mrs. Spaeth’s panel, and will also include a panel on “The Financial, Legal and Tax Details” and a Q&A session. “It should be a very interesting event,” Mrs. Spaeth said, “and I’m looking forward to discussing opportunities for growth in South America with my fellow panelists and small business owners.”
May 2014: NSAWW is pleased to announce Nemacolin Woodlands Resort as its newest client. Nemacolin Resort, located in Farmington, Pennsylvania, was founded in 1949 by Willard Rockwell as the Nemacolin Trails Hunting Reserve, only to be purchased later by Joseph Hardy, III, and transformed into a resort destination. It is now a part of a large family of business founded by Joseph Hardy, including 84 Lumber Company, Woodlands World, and the Hardy Family Art Collection.
April 2014: NSAWW is excited to announce that CEO Courtney Banks Spaeth has been selected as a finalist for the Fairfax Chamber of Commerce’s 2014 Outstanding Corporate Citizenship Awards! The Outstanding Corporate Citizenship Awards attract the region’s top senior executives, elected officials, business professionals, entrepreneurs, and emerging influential leaders as they join together to honor business leadership and above-and-beyond corporate social responsibility (CSR). Mrs. Spaeth is honored to have been selected by the Chamber as a finalist for the Executive of the Year award, along with Kathy Albarado, President and CEO of Helios HR; Lovely Hammel, Co-founder and President of Emloyment Entreprises, Inc Tim Sargeant, Manager of State and Local Affairs at Dominion; and Raul "Danny” Vargas, President of VARCom Solutions, LLC, and is looking forward to the June 17th award ceremony. It will be an exceptional event, and Mrs. Spaeth is proud to have been nominated alongside such inspirational leaders.
March 2014: NSAWW is proud to announce its newest client, Blue Beacon Consulting Inc., a fast-growing information technology (IT) consulting firm that provides innovative IT solutions to government organizations and private industry clients looking to manage the design, development, implementation, and growth of their online operations.
Blue Beacon Consulting is a private, minority-owned small business led by former Accenture executive Jeff Wynne, whose clients have included government agencies such as the US Department of Agriculture and the General Services Administration, as well as private companies such as Verizon and Johnson & Johnson. The Blue Beacon consulting team has over 20 years of experience helping clients improve their service delivery models, simplify their processes, and maximize efficiency and effectiveness. Their core strengths lie in CRM, content management, and web technologies. Blue Beacon Consulting also offers services in the areas of internet strategic planning and governance, customer data integration, program management, business process transformation, business case/ROI justification, and full life-cycle development, as well as quality assurance and web metrics.
